At the June 2, 2026 meeting, the Town Board held an extended discussion on adopting a municipal room tax, reviewing input from other clerks and feedback from local lodging providers and merchants. After weighing administrative burdens against potential benefits for tourism, parking, and infrastructure, the Board voted to proceed with implementing a room tax that includes a one-year sunset clause and to draft a municipal tax ordinance for placement on the June agenda. State law requires that 70% of room tax revenue go toward tourism promotion and development, and merchants expressed interest in using funds for safety and infrastructure related to tourism impacts in Paoli. While no specific projects or vendors have been selected yet, this is a clear pre-RFP signal that the town will need support in designing tourism promotion programs, managing room-tax-funded infrastructure or safety projects, and potentially implementing administrative and reporting systems. Vendors in financial administration, tourism marketing, and infrastructure planning can engage now to help shape how the room tax is managed and how resulting funds are prioritized and deployed.

A Tourism Commission will be created to oversee the tax and tourism-related use of funds, as require...